SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Occupy Movement, Structural Inequality, In Society
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What is poverty and income in equality? (need to know definitions for exam) The gap between the rich and the poor. Absolute poverty: unable to meet basic needs. Food, water, shelter >> basic survival level. Sanitation system (major issue around absolute poverty, a huge health risk arises if you don"t have healthy sources) * qualitative measure // what are the basic things to get by. Relative poverty: statistical measure of income (i. e. lowest 10% vs. top 10%) Gross unequal distribution of wealth (occupy movement) 99 vs 1 % number invoked (to illustrate massive degree of wealth held by some at the very top end) Statistic used in comparative ways // illustrates time and place (what has been happening) Licos - 20% more of their income (than the average family) on basic needs. Lim - income below the median level. Mbm - income needed to afford basic necessities.
